Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House [UK Bonus Live Disc] (1998)

About this title: Recurring Dream is a 19-track collection which assembles most of the band's singles and adds three new studio tracks to entice fans -- "Not the Girl You Think You Are," "Instinct," and "Everything Is Good for You." As a career summary, the collection works fairly well, though the nonchronological sequencing makes for a slightly confusing listen. Nevertheless, for a band with no shortage of great material (there's not a bad album in the bunch), Recurring Dream is a good place to get acquainted with them. Initial pressings also came with a second disc which compiles highlights from the band's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Weather With You [Finn/Finn]
2. World Where You Live [Finn]
3. Fall at Your Feet [Finn/Finn]
4. Locked Out [Finn]
5. Don't Dream It's Over [Finn]
6. Into Temptation [Finn]
7. Pineapple Head [Finn]
8. When You Come [Finn]
9. Private Universe [Finn]
10. Not the Girl You Think You Are [Finn]
11. Instinct [Finn]
12. I Feel Possessed [Finn]
13. Four Seasons in One Day [Finn/Finn]
14. It's Only Natural [Finn/Finn]
15. Distant Sun [Finn]
16. Something So Strong [Finn/Froom]
17. Mean to Me [Finn]
18. Better Be Home Soon [Finn]
19. Everything Is Good for You [Finn]
20. There Goes God [Finn/Finn]
21. Newcastle Jam [Finn]
22. Love You 'Til the Day I Die [Finn]
23. Hole in the River [Finn/Rayner]
24. Private Universe [Finn]
25. Pineapple Head [Finn]
26. How Will You Go [Finn/Finn]
27. Left Hand [Finn]
28. Whispers and Moans [Finn]
29. Kill Eye [Finn]
30. Fingers of Love [Finn]
31. Don't Dream It's Over [Finn]
32. When You Come [Finn]
33. Sister Madly [Finn]
34. In My Command [Finn]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.